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August 1, 2026

Arctic Circle Hospitality doubles in a year, moves to Svolvær

Arctic Circle Hospitality has moved into new offices and warehouse space in central Svolvær after doubling its portfolio in a year, managing privately owned short-term rental property across Lofoten with in-house teams, fixed protocols and systems built for it.

July 31, 2026

Planning initiative submitted for Sildpollnes

Sildpollnes Sjøcamp and much of the surrounding land have been taken over, and a planning initiative submitted to Vågan municipality, to create a new year-round destination in the heart of Lofoten.

June 1, 2026

Lyngvær Lodges secures bronze at the European Design Awards

The Lyngvær Lodges website, developed with the design agency Cure, has won bronze for best website at the European Design Awards in Sofia and a Diplom at Visuelt 2026, both for a design built on light and dark rather than conventional seasons, letting one click move the entire site between midnight sun and polar night.

May 1, 2026

Alta Sauna opens at Fjord Hotel Alta

Alta Sauna has opened at Fjord Hotel Alta, a 30-person panoramic sauna in solid timber and Alta slate with cold plunge pools on the fjord, giving the town its first public sauna of this scale.

December 1, 2025

Flo & Fjære Bistro opens at Fjord Hotel Alta

The restaurant at Fjord Hotel Alta has reopened as Flo & Fjære, an informal bistro built on produce from farms in Alta and the only restaurant in town with a view over the fjord from both the dining room and the terrace.

February 1, 2025

Altafjord Gjestegård is now FJORD

Altafjord has been rebuilt and renamed FJORD Hotel Ata